Chinese Character 魔 Meanings and components.

Form

魔

Meaning

魔 meaning[3] in English

Devil.

Magic.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 麻[ma2] (麻) , and ghost (鬼)

Its radical[1] is: 鬼 (gui3) which means: Ghost, Demon, Terrible, Damnable, Clever, Sly, Crafty, (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc), One Of The 28 Constellations, .鬼gui3ghost

In cangjie it is written with IDHUI

How to write 魔

To write魔mo2devil you should write a combination of 麻ma2variant of … , 鬼gui3ghost arranged in a 吕 shape:

麻 + 鬼 = 魔

魔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 魔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 魔, looks as follow:

魔
Pinyin:mo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Devil . Magic
麻
Pinyin:ma2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 麻[Ma2] . Hemp
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
林
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Lin . Japanese Surname Hayashi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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